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In a move that likely would spur a constitutional fight, Florida lawmakers appear ready to pass a proposal that would allow the death penalty for people who commit sexual batteries on children under age 12.

     Sand was being thrown from a thousand different directions at today’s School Board meeting.  It appears to Ol’ Pete that  partisan politics will never go away.  The Democrats showed up to support Allan Zeman in his Slapgate scandal and the Mothers of Liberty (majorly Republicans) were on deck to support Brenda Fam who is accused of inappropriately touching a student.

     Pompano Beach Arts is proud to present the new exhibition Boil Notice by Dana Kleinman in collaboration with her sister Ruth Avra, artistically known as KX2.  Informed by the environmental conditions of Southern Florida, this installation focuses on the rising water levels due to climate change, a lack of access to potable water, and industrial waste pollution.

A measure that moved forward Tuesday in the House would allow pregnant women convicted of felonies to seek to delay going to prison for up to three months after giving birth — a move that one  supporter said will “save babies.”

Midway through the 2023 legislative session, Republican lawmakers Tuesday began advancing a sweeping elections package that would impose further restrictions on voter-registration groups, create a new crime for harassing elections workers and relax campaign-finance reporting rules.